US6785086B1 - Transducer-level microactuator with dual-axis control - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a disc drive microactuator, and more particularly to a high resolution positioning mechanism implemented at the transducer level for selectively moving a transducer portion of the slider radially with respect to circumferential data tracks of a rotatable disc.
- head positioning is accomplished by operating an actuator arm with a large-scale actuation motor, such as a voice coil motor, to radially position a head on a flexure at the end of the actuator arm.
- a large-scale actuation motor such as a voice coil motor
- the large-scale motor lacks sufficient resolution to effectively accommodate high track-density discs.
- a high resolution head positioning mechanism, or microactuator is necessary to accommodate the more densely spaced tracks.
- the flying height of the transducing head above the surface of the disc must decrease for effective data writing and reading, without compromising the reliability of the head-to-disc interface due to wear.
- the flying height becomes lower, it becomes more critical to maintain the flying height precisely at a desired value, since a slight decrease may cause contact between the head and the disc which could cause a catastrophic failure, and a slight increase during writing or reading could cause errors in the transducing of data with the disc.
- One promising approach for high resolution head positioning involves employing a high resolution microactuator in addition to the conventional lower resolution actuator motor, thereby effecting head positioning through dual-stage actuation.
- Various microactuator designs have been considered to accomplish high resolution head positioning. Some designs are employed to deform disc drive components such as the actuator arm or the flexure in order to achieve minute displacements by bending. Other designs introduce a separate microactuator component at an interface between disc drive components. While many previous microactuator designs are able to deliver satisfactory micropositioning performance, their effectiveness is inherently limited by the sheer mass that the microactuators are designed to move. In order to move or bend one or more of the disc drive components, the microactuator employed must provide a relatively large amount of force, which requires either a complex or relatively massive microactuator motor mechanism.
- This adjustment time is roughly equal to the length of the slider divided by the surface velocity of the disc, which is typically on the order of several tenths of a millisecond.
- the combination of a crown control microactuator and a head positioning microactuator does not represent an ideal solution for a high track density disc drive.
- a microactuator designed to move only a transducer-carrying portion of the slider with respect to the main portion of the slider is disclosed in U.S. application Ser. No. 09/007,007 which is assigned to Seagate Technology, Inc., the same assignee as the present invention.
- the present invention provides another microactuator for moving a transducer-carrying portion of the slider with high resolution and frequency response, while also providing flying height adjustment capability in the same microactuator configuration.
- the microactuator of the present invention is readily and inexpensively manufacturable for economic feasibility.
- the present invention is a slider for carrying and finely adjusting both a radial position and a flying height of a transducing head with respect to a track of a rotatable disc.
- the slider includes a stator portion carried by a support structure such as a flexure of a disc drive system.
- a plurality of springs extend from the stator portion and are flexible in a lateral direction (for radial positioning) and in a vertical direction (for flying height control).
- a rotor portion is connected to the stator portion by the plurality of springs.
- the rotor portion carries the transducing head.
- the stator portion includes a plurality of stator electrodes, and the rotor portion includes a plurality of rotor electrodes suspended between the stator electrodes.
- Selected voltages are applied to the stator electrodes and the rotor electrodes to create a selected force in the lateral and vertical directions for moving the rotor portion with respect to the stator portion to finely adjust the radial position and flying height of the transducing head.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a prior art disc drive.
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a portion of a disc drive employing a slider assembly that includes a microactuator in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the slider assembly of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a partially cut-away perspective view of the slider assembly of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the operation and movement of the electrodes of the dual-axis microactuator formed in the slider assembly of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram of an individual array segment of the electrodes of the dual-axis microactuator formed in the slider assembly of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the operation and movement of the electrodes of the dual-axis microactuator formed in the slider assembly according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 8-24 are two-dimensional layer diagrams illustrating the formation of the slider assembly of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a prior art disc drive 10 .
- Disc drive 10 includes voice coil motor (VCM) 12 arranged to rotate actuator arm 16 on a spindle around axis 14 .
- Head suspension 18 is connected to actuator arm 16 at head mounting block 20 .
- Flexure 22 is connected to an end of head suspension 18 , and carries slider 24 .
- Slider 24 carries a transducing head (not shown in FIG. 1) for reading and/or writing data on disc 27 , which rotates around axis 28 and includes concentric tracks 29 on which the data is written. As disc 27 rotates, windage is encountered by slider 24 to keep it aloft a small distance above the surface of disc 27 .
- VCM 12 is selectively operated to move actuator arm 16 around axis 14 , thereby moving slider 24 between tracks 29 of disc 27 .
- VCM 12 lacks sufficient resolution and frequency response to position a transducing head on slider 24 precisely over a selected track of disc 27 . Therefore, a higher resolution actuation device is necessary.
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a portion of a disc drive that is similar to prior art disc drive 10 (FIG. 1 ), showing flexure 22 attached to suspension 18 .
- slider assembly 30 employing a microactuator according to the present invention is supported above a surface of disc 27 (FIG. 1) by flexure 22 .
- Transducing head 32 is carried by slider assembly 30 to transduce data with the disc.
- suspension 18 , flexure 22 and slider assembly 30 are all moved together as coarse positioning is performed by VCM 12 (FIG. 1) moving actuator arm 16 (FIG. 1) to which load beam 18 is attached.
- a head-carrying portion of slider assembly 30 is displaced relative to the main portion of slider assembly 30 by a microactuator device (not shown in FIG. 2 ).
- the fine positioning operation can therefore be performed with high resolution and frequency response.
- the detailed construction of slider assembly 30 employing a microactuator for achieving fine positioning of transducing head 32 is discussed below with respect to FIGS. 3-7.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of slider assembly 30 according to the present invention.
- Slider assembly 30 has air-bearing surface 34 and trailing edge surface 36 , with transducing head 32 being carried on trailing edge surface 36 of slider assembly 30 .
- Slider assembly 30 includes stator portion 40 and rotor portion 42 which carries transducing head 32 .
- Rotor portion 42 is movable with respect to stator portion 40 in a lateral cross-track direction indicated by arrows 44 and in a vertical direction as indicated by arrows 46 .
- FIG. 4 is a partially cut-away perspective view of slider assembly 30 according to the present invention, showing the arrangement of stator portion 40 and rotor portion 42 in more detail.
- Stator portion 40 includes a plurality of stator electrodes 50 .
- Rotor portion 42 includes a plurality of rotor electrodes 52 .
- Rotor portion 42 is connected to stator portion 40 by spring assemblies 48 , with rotor electrodes 52 being suspended so as to interdigitate with stator electrodes 50 in an electrostatic comb configuration.
- the electrostatic comb is operable in response to voltage differences between selected ones of stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 to generate a force therebetween.
- stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 interdigitated therebetween By utilizing a two-dimensional array of stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 interdigitated therebetween, the forces generated by the electrostatic comb occur in both a lateral direction for microactuation and in a vertical direction for glide height control. These forces cause lateral and/or vertical movement of rotor electrodes 52 with respect to stator electrodes 50 , and corresponding lateral and/or vertical displacement of rotor portion 42 with respect to stator portion 40 , permitted by the flexibility of spring assemblies 48 in both the lateral and vertical directions.
- spring assemblies 48 are perforated in such a manner as to form a plurality of spring columns with a small cross-sectional circumference.
- Other variations in the structure of spring assemblies 48 to achieve flexibility in both the lateral and vertical directions are possible.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the operation and movement of the electrostatic comb configuration formed by stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 .
- the voltages applied to stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 are controlled by control circuitry 54 , which may be implemented in a manner known in the art.
- control circuitry 54 which may be implemented in a manner known in the art.
- a discussion of the electrostatic principles associated with the operation of the invention is useful.
- a voltage difference is applied between stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 , the voltage difference creates an electrostatic force of attraction therebetween, in the general direction of arrows 62 .
- a lateral electrostatic force is also created in the direction of arrows 60 .
- N is the number of electrically active inter-electrode gaps
- ⁇ 0 is the dielectric constant of free space or air (8.854 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 12 Farads per meter (F/m))
- L e is the length of the electrodes in meters
- L g is the size of the gap between stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 in meters
- V is the voltage difference between stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 .
- N is the number of electrically active inter-electrode gaps
- ⁇ 0 is the dielectric constant of free space or air (8.854 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 12 Farads per meter (F/m))
- L e is the length of the electrodes in meters
- W e is the width of the electrodes in meters
- L g is the size of the gap between stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 in meters
- V is the voltage difference between stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 .
- the array of stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 is made up of a plurality of array segments that include four stator electrodes 50 around a single stator electrode.
- each of these array segments is operated in an identical manner to achieve the overall movement of the microactuator.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram of an individual array segment for purposes of illustrating the operation of each segment in the array of stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 .
- Rotor electrode 52 a is surrounded by stator electrodes 50 a, 50 b, 50 c and 50 d.
- stator electrodes 50 a, 50 b, 50 c and 50 d By applying selected voltage patterns to stator electrodes 50 a, 50 b, 50 c and 50 d, forced are generated to cause movement of rotor electrode 52 a in a selected direction indicated by arrows 60 a, 60 b, 62 a and 62 b.
- the voltage patterns may be operated in a number of modes to achieve the desired movement.
- rotor electrode 52 a may be held at ground potential, and voltages of a selected polarity may be applied to selected stator electrodes 50 a, 50 b, 50 c and 50 d to create a potential difference in the direction of desired motion of rotor electrode 52 a. It is possible to increase the force applied to rotor electrode 52 a by a factor of four by applying a voltage of one polarity to rotor electrode 52 a and applying a voltage of equal magnitude but opposite polarity to the selected stator electrodes 50 a, 50 b , 50 c and 50 d, at the cost of increased complexity of control circuitry 54 (FIG. 5 ).
- stator electrode 52 a is permanently held at a ground potential
- stator electrodes 50 a, 50 b, 50 c and 50 d specified to have a low voltage applied thereto are also held at ground potential.
- stator electrode 52 a In order to move rotor electrode 52 a in the direction of arrow 60 a, a high voltage is applied to stator electrodes 50 a and 50 c, and a low voltage is applied to stator electrodes 50 b and 50 d. An attractive force is therefore created in the direction of arrow 60 a toward stator electrodes 50 a and 50 c by the voltage difference between rotor electrode 52 a and stator electrodes 50 a and 50 c. No net vertical force is created in the direction of arrows 62 a or 62 b since there are equal voltages applied to stator electrodes 50 a and 50 c, and therefore the attractive force in the upward vertical direction in FIG. 6 between rotor electrode 52 a and stator electrode 50 a is counteracted by an equal but opposite attractive force between rotor electrode 52 a and stator electrode 50 c in the downward vertical direction.
- stator electrode 52 a In order to move rotor electrode 52 a in the direction of arrow 60 b, a high voltage is applied to stator electrodes 50 b and 50 d and a low voltage is applied to stator electrodes 50 a and 50 c. An attractive force is therefore created in the direction of arrow 60 b toward stator electrodes 50 b and 50 d by the voltage difference between rotor electrode 52 a and stator electrodes 50 b and 50 d. No net vertical force is created in the direction of arrows 62 a or 62 b since the equal magnitude, opposite direction vertical forces between rotor electrode 52 a and stator electrodes 50 b and 50 d counteract one another and cancel each other out.
- stator electrode 52 a In order to move rotor electrode 52 a in the direction of arrow 62 a, a high voltage is applied to stator electrodes 50 a and 50 b and a low voltage is applied to stator electrodes 50 c and 50 d. An attractive force is therefore created in the direction of arrow 62 a toward stator electrodes 50 a and 50 b by the voltage difference between rotor electrode 52 a and stator electrodes 50 a and 50 b. No net horizontal force is created in the direction of arrows 60 a or 60 b since there are equal voltages applied to stator electrodes 50 a and 50 b, and therefore the attractive force in the left horizontal direction in FIG. 6 between rotor electrode 52 a and stator electrode 50 a is counteracted by an equal but opposite attractive force between rotor electrode 52 a and stator electrode 50 b in the right horizontal direction.
- stator electrode 52 a In order to move rotor electrode 52 a in the direction of arrow 62 b, a high voltage is applied to stator electrodes 50 c and 50 d and a low voltage is applied to stator electrodes 50 a and 50 b. An attractive force is therefore created in the direction of arrow 62 b toward stator electrodes 50 c and 50 d by the voltage difference between rotor electrode 52 a and stator electrodes 50 c and 50 d. No horizontal force is created in the direction of arrows 60 a or 60 b since the equal magnitude, opposite direction horizontal forces between rotor electrode 52 a and stator electrodes 50 c and 50 d counteract one another and cancel each other out.
- Simultaneous control of both track position (by movement in the direction of arrows 60 a and 60 b ) and flying height (by movement in the direction of arrows 62 a and 62 b ) may be achieved by applying selected voltages to stator electrodes 50 a, 50 b, 50 c and 50 d, as well as to rotor electrode 52 a.
- the range of selected voltages applied to rotor electrode 52 a and to some but not all of stator electrodes 50 a, 50 b, 50 c and 50 d may include zero (ground potential).
- stator electrode 50 a For example, applying a high (non-zero) voltage to stator electrode 50 a only, and applying a low voltage (zero volts) to stator electrodes 50 b, 50 c and 50 d and rotor electrode 52 a would result in the creation of an attractive force in both the direction of arrow 60 a and the direction of arrow 62 a. These forces are due to the voltage difference between rotor electrode 52 a and stator electrode 50 a. The net movement of rotor electrode 52 a would therefore be up (arrow 62 a ) and to the left (arrow 60 a ) in the drawing of FIG. 6 . Other movement possibilities will be apparent to one skilled in the art by selectively controlling the voltages applied to stator electrodes 50 a, 50 b, 50 c and 50 d.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating the operation and movement of the electrostatic comb configuration formed by stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 configured according to an alternate embodiment of the invention. Again, the voltages applied to stator electrodes 50 and rotor electrodes 52 are controlled by appropriate control circuitry 54 .
- the control of movement of rotor electrodes 52 is potentially simplified in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 by dedicating particular pairs of stator electrodes 50 to a single dimension of movement. For example, as shown in FIG.
- the upper left and lower right pairs of stator electrodes 50 may be configured to generate force to move rotor electrodes 52 to the left, as indicated by arrows 60 a, and the upper right and lower left pairs of stator electrodes 50 may be configured to generate force to move rotor electrodes 52 to the right, as indicated by arrows 60 b.
- the center four pairs of stator electrodes 50 may be configured to generate forces to move rotor electrodes 52 vertically, as indicated by arrows 62 .
- the configuration of stator electrodes 50 shown in FIG. 7 allows fewer stator electrodes to be employed, and also simplifies the control scheme utilized to generate a desired movement of rotor electrodes 52 . Electrical connections to stator electrodes 50 are also simplified by the arrangement shown in FIG. 7 .
- FIG. 8 is a two-dimensional layer diagram illustrating the basic material layers forming completed microactuator 130 .
- Microactuator 130 supports transducing head 132 , which is formed on rotor portion 142 .
- Rotor portion 142 is movable with respect to stator portion 140 , and is mechanically supported by springs 148 .
- Stator electrodes 150 are formed on stator portion 140 , and rotor electrodes 152 extend from rotor portion 142 and are suspended between stator electrodes 150 .
- FIG. 8 For the purpose of clarity, rotor portion 142 , springs 148 , stator electrodes 150 and rotor electrodes 152 are stippled in FIG. 8 .
- the sequential process of forming microactuator 130 is illustrated in more detail in FIGS. 9-24, with the spring formation process shown in FIGS. 9-16 and the electrode fabrication process shown in FIGS. 17-24.
- stator portion 140 is initially formed from a silicon substrate.
- Spring cavity 141 is then formed in stator portion 140 , by a method known in the art such as appropriate photoresist masking and deep trench reactive ion etching (DTRIE). Other methods for forming spring cavity 141 may also be used.
- DTRIE deep trench reactive ion etching
- FIG. 10 illustrates the subsequent step of forming insulating layer 143 on stator portion 140 and in spring cavity 141 .
- insulating layer 143 is composed of thermal silicon dioxide that is grown on the silicon material of stator portion 140 .
- FIG. 11 illustrates the further step of depositing sacrificial layer 145 on insulating layer 143 .
- sacrificial layer 145 is composed of a material such as poly-germanium or germanium-rich poly-silicon-germanium, allowing sacrificial layer 145 to be readily etched away while preserving insulating layer 143 .
- the horizontal surfaces of sacrificial layer 145 are removed, leaving only vertical columns of sacrificial layer 145 .
- removal of the horizontal surfaces of sacrificial layer 145 is performed by plasma etching or a similar process for targeting only the horizontal surfaces of sacrificial layer 145 for removal.
- FIG. 13 illustrates the subsequent step of depositing springs 148 on exposed portions of insulating layer 143 , abutting the vertical columns of sacrificial layer 145 .
- springs 148 are composed of doped poly-silicon, and are deposited by a low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) process, as is known in the art.
- Springs 148 may alternatively be composed of tungsten, molybdenum or some other material of suitable electrical and mechanical properties that may be deposited by LPCVD or another conformal deposition process.
- Metals such as tungsten and molybdenum exhibit higher conductivity than poly-silicon, and may be desirable for application in which such higher conductivity is beneficial. Other metals may also be appropriate.
- the material forming springs 148 is removed from the top surface of the microactuator, such as by an etching process. This step leaves only the desired shape of springs 148 .
- FIG. 15 illustrates the subsequent step of depositing additional sacrificial material over the exposed portions of insulating layer 143 and springs 148 , and in the interior portion of springs 148 .
- This additional material adjoins the previously deposited sacrificial material to form conformal sacrificial layer 145 .
- the horizontal surfaces of sacrificial layer 145 are removed, leaving vertical columns of sacrificial layer 145 around and between springs 148 .
- removal of the horizontal surfaces of sacrificial layer 145 is performed by plasma etching or a similar process for targeting only the horizontal surfaces of sacrificial layer 145 for removal.
- stator electrode cavity 151 is formed in stator portion 140 in order to form the stator electrodes of the microactuator.
- Stator electrode cavity 151 is formed by a method known in the art such as appropriate photoresist masking and deep trench reactive ion etching (DTRIE). Other methods for forming stator electrode cavity 151 may also be used.
- DTRIE deep trench reactive ion etching
- FIG. 18 illustrates the subsequent step of forming insulating layer 153 on stator portion 140 , over springs 148 and in stator electrode cavity 151 .
- insulating layer 153 is composed of thermal silicon dioxide that is grown on stator portion 140 and in stator electrode cavity 151 .
- the horizontal surfaces of insulating layer 153 are removed, leaving vertical columns of insulating layer 153 on the side walls of stator electrode cavity 151 .
- removal of the horizontal surfaces of insulating layer 153 is performed by plasma etching or a similar process for targeting only the horizontal surfaces of insulating layer 153 for removal.
- FIG. 20 illustrates the subsequent step of depositing stator electrodes 150 on the exposed portions of stator portion 140 and abutting the columns of insulating layer 153 .
- stator electrodes 150 are composed of doped poly-silicon, and are deposited by a LPCVD process.
- stator electrodes 150 is removed from the horizontal surfaces of the microactuator, such as by an isotropic etching process which etches significantly faster in the vertical direction than the horizontal direction. This step leaves only the desired shape of stator electrodes 150 .
- FIG. 22 illustrates the subsequent step of depositing sacrificial layer 155 on the top surface of the microactuator and in stator electrode cavity 151 between stator electrodes 150 .
- sacrificial layer 155 is composed of a material such as poly-germanium or germanium-rich poly-silicon-germanium, allowing sacrificial layer 155 to be readily etched away while preserving the other layers of the microactuator.
- FIG. 23 illustrates the step of depositing rotor portion 142 to interact with stator portion 140 and the associated stator features of the microactuator. Cavities are initially formed in sacrificial layer 155 for mechanical attachment of rotor portion 142 to spring 148 and to allow formation of rotor electrodes 152 . Rotor portion 142 is then formed by deposition of a material such as doped poly-silicon, forming the main part of rotor portion and suspending rotor electrodes 152 between stator electrodes 150 .
- a material such as doped poly-silicon
- sacrificial layers 145 and 155 are removed and transducing head 132 is formed on rotor portion 142 , yielding completed microactuator 130 as shown in FIG. 24 .
- sacrificial layers 145 and 155 are removed by a hydrogen peroxide bath or by a similar method known in the art, releasing springs 148 and forming an air gap between stator electrodes 150 and rotor electrodes 152 .
- rotor portion 142 , springs 148 , stator electrodes 150 and rotor electrodes 152 are stippled in FIG. 24 .
- the present invention provides a transducer-level microactuator that permits both the radial track position and the flying height to be controlled with a high resonant frequency.
- a rotor portion of the slider having a small mass compared to the overall mass of the slider, carries the transducing head.
- a stator portion of the slider includes a plurality of stator electrodes, and the rotor portion is flexibly supported by the stator portion so that at least one rotor electrode is suspended adjacent to the stator electrodes.
- Application of a voltage difference between selected stator electrodes and rotor electrodes causes an electrostatic force of attraction between the selected electrodes, so that the rotor portion is forced to move in a selected direction with respect to the stator portion of the slider.
- both high resolution radial track positioning and precise flying height control may be performed by the dual-axis microactuator of the present invention.
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